Racial and Ethnic Changes in Philadelphia in the Last 20 Years

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A City Transformed The Racial and Ethnic Changes in Philadelphia Over the Last 20 Years

June 1, 2011

Key Findings

As documented by the 2010 Census, Philadelphia has experienced significant changes in its ethnic and racial composition over the last two decades, with many neighborhoods undergoing sweeping transformations.

Since 1990, the city’s white population has fallen by nearly a third. The black population has shifted to new parts of the city. The Asian population has more than doubled. And the rapidly growing His- panic population has expanded far beyond its traditional home in eastern North Philadelphia.

The changes were especially striking in Northeast Philadelphia, which went from 92 percent white in 1990 to 58.3 percent white in 2010. Despite losing one-third of its white residents during the period, the Northeast grew in population by 5.4 percent, thanks to an array of new arrivals.

In 1990, the Northeast had only small contingents of blacks, Hispanics and Asians. In 2010, it had substantial numbers of all three groups. The Lower Northeast neighborhoods that experienced the largest decline in white population—among them Frankford, Fox Chase, Mayfair and Oxford Circle—gained population overall, recording 20-year growth rates in excess of 10 percent.

The biggest change in the ethnic and racial makeup of Philadelphia has been the decline of the white population. Over the last two decades, the number of non-Hispanic whites in the city fell by 31.9 percent. See Figure 1. The number of white residents lost by the city, 263,254, is larger than the entire population of Buffalo, N.Y.

FIGURE 1

Changes in Philadelphia’s Population, 1990–2010

1990 Total 2010 Total Change

Total Percent

African American 623,510 644,287 20,777 3.3% Non-Hispanic White 825,839 562,585 -263,254 -31.9% Hispanic or Latino 89,193 187,611 98,418 110.3% Asian 42,156 95,521 53,365 126.6% Multi-race and other 4,879 36,002 31,123 637.9%

Total 1,585,577 1,526,006 -59,571 -3.8%

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The city’s African-American population grew by 3.3 percent from 1990 to 2010, a percentage that suggests relative stability. But during that period, there was a significant shift in the black population, away from the core areas of North and West Philadelphia to Southwest Philadelphia, Overbrook, the Lower Northeast and elsewhere. For example, the number of blacks in zip code 19120—which includes the neighborhoods of Olney and Feltonville and abuts Montgomery Coun- ty—rose from 9,786 in 1990 to 33,209 in 2010, an increase of 239 percent.

During the two decades, the city’s Hispanic population, which swelled by 110 percent, moved beyond the North Fifth Street corridor, that community’s longtime social and commercial focus. In fact, the number of Hispanics in the neighborhoods along the corridor changed little during the 20-year period. The big growth occurred elsewhere, throughout the lower parts of Northeast Philadelphia and in sections of South Philadelphia.

The expansion of the Asian population, up 127 percent, was more uniform citywide, with the largest increases recorded in parts of Northeast Philadelphia and South Philadelphia as well as the Univer- sity City section of West Philadelphia.

Over 20 years, the city as a whole lost 3.8 percent of its population, though all of the decline was in the 1990s, with a 0.6 percent increase in the 2000s. The headcount in Center City rose 42.9 percent. Neighborhoods along the North Broad Street corridor—from Susquehanna Avenue north to the city line—declined by 17.7 percent. More modest reductions were recorded in West Philadel- phia, Southwest Philadelphia, Northwest Philadelphia and South Philadelphia.

Several neighborhoods, defined in this report by zip code, were all but remade in ethnic and racial terms:

• Port Richmond (19134) had 7,112 Hispanics in 1990; two decades later, it had 26,807.

• The Elmwood section of Southwest Philadelphia (19142) saw its black population rise from 6,586 to 22,518, its white population fall from 21,144 to 2,598.

• In Fairmount North (19121), which includes Brewerytown, the white population nearly quadrupled, going from 1,490 to 5,524.

All of the numbers in this report are based on a counting method used by the Census in which all Hispanics or Latinos, regardless of race, are counted solely as people of Hispanic origin. In this counting regimen, “white” means non-Hispanic white and “black” means African American.

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The Decline in the White Population

Over the course of two decades, the white population of Philadelphia fell by 263,254 or 31.9 percent. Whites went from being 52.1 percent of the city’s population in 1990 to 36.9 percent in 2010. See Figure 2. More of the drop (181,444) occurred in the 1990s than in the 2000s (81,810).

In 1990, Philadelphia was a city understood largely in terms of white and black. At the time, it was a majority-white city with a large black minority and small groups of Hispanics and Asians. Two decades later, it is a plurality-black city with a large but dwindling white minority and rapidly expand- ing contingents of Hispanics and Asians.

The map in Figure 3 shows the changes in the white population by zip code. In 11 of the city’s 46 residential zip codes, the number of whites fell by at least half. The largest drops were in Olney, Overbrook, Oak Lane, Elmwood and Eastwick; in those areas, the declines exceeded 75 percent. Areas in which the white declines were below the citywide average include Northwest Philadelphia and much of the Far Northeast. For the data on which Figure 3 is based, see Appendix Table 1.

What makes the magnitude of the citywide decline in the white population all the more striking is that it happened even as whites were becoming substantially more numerous in the central part of Philadelphia—Center City and nearby neighborhoods, 11 zip codes in all.

The biggest increases in percentage terms came in the gentrifying areas just north of Center City, including Northern Liberties (up 104 percent) and Fairmount North (up 271 percent).

FIGURE 2

The Changing Racial and Ethnic Makeup of Philadelphia, 1990-2010

1990 2010

NON- NON- HISPANIC AFRICAN HISPANIC AFRICAN WHITE AMERICAN WHITE AMERICAN 52.1% 39.3% 36.9% 42.2%

HISPANIC HISPANIC OR LATINO MULTI-RACE OR LATINO OTHER 5.6% AND OTHER 12.3% 0.3% 2.3% ASIAN ASIAN 2.7% 6.3%

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FIGURE 3

Changes in Philadelphia’s White Population, 1990–2010

Increased 10 percent or more + Increased 0 to 9.99 percent

Decreased 0 to 9.99 percent

19116 Decreased 10 to 29.99 percent NORTHEAST – – BUSTLETON NORTH, SOMERTON Decreased 30 to 49.99 percent

Decreased 50 percent or more 19154 19115 NORTHEAST – NORTHEAST – TORRESDALE NORTH BUSTLETON SOUTH

19114 19118 19150 NORTHEAST – CHESTNUT HILL CEDARBROOK TORRESDALE SOUTH 19111 19152 NORTHEAST – NORTHEAST – FOX CHASE RHAWNHURST 19138 19126 19128 19119 GERMANTOWN OAK LANE ROXBOROUGH MOUNT AIRY EAST 19136 19149 NORTHEAST – NORTHEAST – 19141 HOLMESBURG MAYFAIR, LOGAN OXFORD CIRCLE 19144 19120 GERMANTOWN OLNEY, 19127 FELTONVILLE 19135 NORTHEAST – 19124 TA CONY MANAYUNK NORTHEAST – FRANKFORD 19129 19140 EAST FALLS NICETOWN

19132 19134 19137 NORTH PHILA. – 19133 PORT RICHMOND NORTHEAST – WEST NORTH BRIDESBURG 19131 PHILA. – WYNNEFIELD – 19121 EAST WEST PARK FAIRMOUNT NORTH, BREWERYTOWN 19125 KENSINGTON – FISHTOWN 19151 19122 OVERBROOK NORTH PHILA. – YORKTOWN 19130 FAIRMOUNT 19139 19123 NORTH PHILA. – NORTHERN LIBERTIES 19104 SOUTH WEST PHILA. – WEST PHILA. – CENTER CITY – WEST WEST MARKET UNIVERSITY 19103 19102 19107 CITY CENTER CITY – WEST 19143 19106 CENTER CITY – WASHINGTON SQUARE SW PHILA. – 19146 KINGSESSING SOUTH PHILA. – CENTER CITY – SOCIETY HILL SCHUYLKILL 19147 SOUTH PHILA. – BELLA VISTA

19142 SW PHILA. – 19145 ELMWOOD SOUTH PHILA. – 19148 WEST SOUTH PHILA. – EAST

19153 EASTWICK

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The New Northeast Philadelphia

In no part of the city have the changes over the last 20 years been more pronounced than North- east Philadelphia, particularly the Lower Northeast.

As of 1990, according to the Census count, Northeast Philadelphia had 409,902 residents, 377,169 of whom were white. In 2010, it had 432,073 residents, 252,022 of whom were white. Over those 20 years, Northeast Philadelphia went from 92 percent to 58.3 percent white.

During the same period, the black population grew in the Northeast from 3.4 percent of the whole to 18 percent, the Hispanic population from 2.3 percent to 13.9 percent, the Asian population from 2.1 percent to 7.3 percent. See Figure 4. In racial and ethnic terms, the Northeast became more like the rest of the city than it had been and less like a separate place.

For the purposes of this report, the Northeast is defined as the 11 zip codes starting with Frankford and Bridesburg on the south and moving to the north and east from there.

The influx of blacks, Hispanics and Asians in Northeast Philadelphia was more than enough to offset the departure of whites. From 1990 to 2010, the overall population of the Northeast grew by 5.4 percent even as the city as a whole was shrinking by 3.8 percent.

In some parts of the Far Northeast, the racial and ethnic changes were relatively modest. Zip code 19114 (Torresdale South), for instance, went from being 94 percent white in 1990 to 80.1 percent white in 2010. The total percentage of blacks, Hispanics and Asians grew from 5.9 percent to 18.2.

But in other neighborhoods such as Frankford, Fox Chase, Mayfair and Oxford Circle, there was a much broader transformation. And these areas are the ones where the overall population grew the fastest.

FIGURE 4

Racial and Ethnic Changes in Northeast Philadelphia, 1990–2010

1990 2010 Change

Total Percent Total Percent Total Percent

African American 14,038 3.4% 77,681 18.0% 63,643 453.4% Non-Hispanic White 377,169 92.0% 252,022 58.3% -125,147 -33.2% Hispanic or Latino 9,473 2.3% 60,020 13.9% 50,547 533.6% Asian 8,549 2.1% 31,658 7.3% 23,109 270.3% Multi-race and other 673 0.2% 10,692 2.5% 10,019 1488.7%

Total 409,902 432,073 22,171 5.4%

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Fox Chase (zip code 19111) provides the most representative example of what has been happening across Northeast Philadelphia, and Frankford (19124) the most dramatic. See Figure 5.

Two decades ago, Fox Chase was 96 percent white. Over the next 20 years, it experienced a net decline of 20,068 white residents, leaving it 54.1 percent white in 2010. The overall population, though, grew by 11.7 percent, due to big increases among blacks, Hispanics and Asians.

Frankford, which grew by 11.5 percent over 20 years, underwent a broader transformation. It experienced a 72.3 percent decline in what had been its majority white population, from 50,092 to 13,875. At the same time, the black population went from 5,204 to 26,230 and the Hispanic population from 3,127 to 22,083. In 1990, the black and Hispanic populations combined accounted for 13.9 percent of the population in 19124. In 2010, they accounted for 72.2 percent.

19111

FIGURE 5 19124 The Transformation of Two Northeast Philadelphia Neighborhoods

Fox Chase 1990 2010 Change Zip Code 19111 Total Percent Total Percent Total Percent

African American 343 0.6% 12,794 20.3% 12,451 3630.0% Non-Hispanic White 54,165 96.0% 34,097 54.1% -20,068 -37.0% Hispanic or Latino 932 1.7% 8,481 13.5% 7,549 810.0% Asian 905 1.6% 5,809 9.2% 4,904 541.9% Multi-race and other 68 0.1% 1,847 2.9% 1,779 2616.2%

Total 56,413 63,028 6,615 11.7%

Frankford 1990 2010 Change Zip Code 19124 Total Percent Total Percent Total Percent

African American 5,204 8.7% 26,230 39.2% 21,026 404.0% Non-Hispanic White 50,092 83.5% 13,875 20.7% -36,217 -72.3% Hispanic or Latino 3,127 5.2% 22,083 33.0% 18,956 606.2% Asian 1,458 2.4% 3,112 4.6% 1,654 113.4% Multi-race and other 128 0.2% 1,632 2.4% 1,504 1175.0%

Total 60,009 66,932 6,923 11.5%

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The Struggling North BROAD Street Corridor

Over the course of 20 years, much of the city’s population decline came in six zip codes along or near North Broad Street north of Temple University. Those zip codes include much of North Phila- delphia, Nicetown, Logan, Oak Lane and East Germantown.

In that period, this relatively small piece of the city lost 42,128 residents (17.7 percent of its 1990 population). It lost 33,872 African Americans (19.3 percent), 11,214 whites (62.2 percent) and 867 Asians (21.8 percent). Its Hispanic population grew, but only by 1,105 (2.8 percent). See Figure 6.

The biggest overall decrease in this North Broad Street corridor, 25 percent, came in zip code 19132, which includes much of the western half of North-Central Philadelphia.

Economically, this corridor is one of the poorest parts of Philadelphia. Census data from 2005 through 2009 shows that the corridor includes three of the four zip codes with the lowest average family incomes in the city—Nicetown (19140), North Philadelphia West (19132) and North Philadel- phia East (19133), which is the poorest by far.

As was the case in many struggling parts of the city, the population decline in this corridor was less in the 2000s (8 percent) than in the 1990s (10.5 percent). And the areas just to the south, zip codes 19121 and 19122, actually grew during the first decade of the 21st century.

FIGURE 6

Changes along the North Broad Street Corridor in North Philadelphia, 1990–2010

1990 2010 Change

Total Percent Total Percent Total Percent

African American 175,909 74.0% 142,037 72.6% -33,872 -19.3% Non-Hispanic White 18,039 7.6% 6,825 3.5% -11,214 -62.2% Hispanic or Latino 39,086 16.4% 40,191 20.5% 1,105 2.8% Asian 3,972 1.7% 3,105 1.6% -867 -21.8% Multi-race and other 807 0.3% 3,527 1.8% 2,720 337.1%

Total 237,813 195,685 -42,128 -17.7%

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The Fluid Black Population

At first glance, the African-American population appears to have been the one relatively stable element in Philadelphia’s ethnic and racial landscape over the last 20 years, growing by 3.3 percent while the other groups were undergoing much more dramatic changes in size.

But that stability is only numerical. There was considerable movement within Philadelphia’s black population. As had been the case with other groups in years past, the African-American community was shifting away from the city’s core and toward its periphery.

Consider these examples. In zip code 19120, which includes Olney and borders Montgomery County, the black population rose from 9,786 in 1990 to 33,209 in 2010, an increase of 239 percent. In zip code 19142, which includes the Elmwood section of Southwest Philadelphia and borders Delaware County, the number of black residents started the period at 6,586 and ended at 22,518, up 245 percent. There were increases throughout Northeast Philadelphia as well.

In other parts of the city, the black population was falling steeply—and not just in North-Central Philadelphia. In Fairmount North (19121), the African-American headcount dropped from 44,294 to 28,683 (35.2 percent). In the Kingsessing section of Southwest Philadelphia (19143), it fell from 71,694 to 54,390 (23.4 percent).

The changes are depicted by zip code in Figure 7. The map shows, in terms of percentage points, how the African-American proportion of the total population in each area rose or fell. For example, a zip code that was 35 percent black in 1990 and 40 percent black in 2010 would be portrayed as being up 5 percentage points.

As the map shows, the black share of the population grew by more than 10 percentage points in 10 of the city’s 46 residential zip codes—and fell by more than 10 percentage points in four of them. The changes in the rest of the city were more modest. For the data on which the map is based, see Appendix Table 2.

Overbrook (19151) had one of the biggest increases in the African-American share of population. In 1990, this middle-class neighborhood on the city’s western border was 43.6 percent black and 52.2 percent white. In 2010, it was 82.7 percent black and 10.6 percent white. Most of those changes occurred during the 1990s rather than the 2000s.

In contrast is the Schuylkill district of South Philadelphia (19146), an area that has undergone some gentrification in recent years. In 1990, the neighborhood had 25,257 black residents accounting for 65 percent of the population; 20 years later, it had 17,965 black residents representing 50.9 percent of the population.

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FIGURE 7

Changes in the African-American Percentage of Philadelphia’s Population, 1990–2010

Increased 20 percentage points or more

+ Increased 10 to 19.99 percentage points

Increased 0 to 9.99 percentage points

19116 Decreased 0 to 9.99 percentage points NORTHEAST – BUSTLETON NORTH, – Decreased 10 to 19.99 percentage points SOMERTON

Decreased 20 percentage points or more 19154 19115 NORTHEAST – NORTHEAST – TORRESDALE NORTH BUSTLETON SOUTH

19142 SW PHILA. – 19145 ELMWOOD SOUTH PHILA. – 19148 WEST SOUTH PHILA. – EAST

19153 EASTWICK

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Hispanics, Asians and the Rest of the City

Nearly every neighborhood in the city was more Hispanic and more Asian in 2010 than it had been in 1990. This was not surprising considering that both populations more than doubled during the period, with Hispanics up 110 percent and Asians up 127 percent. These changes are in keeping with national trends; across the country, the Hispanic population rose 125 percent and the Asian population 114 percent.

For Hispanics in Philadelphia, nearly two-thirds of whom are Puerto Rican, the largest increases came in areas, including the Lower Northeast, that are not far removed from the Fifth Street commercial corridor in the traditional heart of Latino eastern North Philadelphia. The zip codes that gained the most Hispanics and Latinos from 1990 to 2010 were Frankford (19124), Port Richmond (19134), Olney (19120), Fox Chase (19111) and Oxford Circle/Mayfair (19149). See Appendix Table 3. There were big increases in parts of South Philadelphia as well.

In fact, only four zip codes in the city had fewer Hispanics in 2010 than in 1990. One is 19133, which includes the Fifth Street corridor, and another is 19122, just to the south. The other two are 19130 (Fairmount South) and 19141 (Logan).

Port Richmond, like Frankford, underwent a broad racial and ethnic transformation during these two decades, due largely to an influx of Hispanics. In 1990, the 19134 zip code had 58,605 people of whom 85.9 percent were white, 12.3 percent were Hispanic and 1.7 percent black. Twenty years later, with a total population of 60,760, it was 35.8 percent white, 44.1 percent Hispanic and 16.8 percent black. The Hispanic population grew from 7,112 to 26,807.

Among Asians, the largest increases came in South Philadelphia east of Broad Street (19148); two sections of Northeast Philadelphia, Oxford Circle/Mayfair (19149) and Fox Chase (19111); and the University City (19104) section of West Philadelphia. See Appendix Table 4. The Chinese are the largest group of Asians in the city, followed by Indians, Vietnamese and Koreans.

Other parts of the city experienced substantial change as well.

From 1990 to 2010, West and Southwest Philadelphia lost 9.5 percent of their population, with growth in the Hispanic (99.8 percent) and Asian communities (71.3 percent) helping offset a 51.1 percent decline among whites.

South Philadelphia, which was down 4.4 percent overall between 1990 and 2010, became less white and less black, more Hispanic and more Asian. The white share of the South Philadelphia population fell from 63 percent to 51.8 percent while the black share dropped from 30.6 percent to 25.8 percent. At the same, the Hispanic share grew from 2.2 percent to 7.7 percent, the Asian from 3.9 percent to 12.5 percent.

Northwest Philadelphia, which lost 8.6 percent of its population, saw relatively little racial/ethnic change. In both 1990 and 2010, blacks accounted for slightly more than 50 percent of the population in 1990 and whites slightly more than 40 percent.

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Appendix Table 1 Changes in Philadelphia’s White Population by Zip Code, 1990-2010

Zip Neighborhood 1990 2010 Population Percent Code White Population White Population Change Change

19102 Center City – West 3,187 3,725 538 16.9% 19103 Center City – West 15,280 16,598 1,318 8.6% 19104 West Phila. – University City 17,985 18,165 180 1.0% 19106 Center City – Society Hill 6,302 8,842 2,540 40.3% 19107 Center City – Washington Square 6,406 8,853 2,447 38.2% 19111 Northeast – Fox Chase 54,165 34,097 -20,068 -37.1% 19114 Northeast – Torresdale South 29,299 24,529 -4,770 -16.3% 19115 Northeast – Bustleton South 29,136 25,013 -4,123 -14.2% 19116 Northeast – Bustleton North, Somerton 30,451 25,158 -5,293 -17.4% 19118 Chestnut Hill 8,424 7,281 -1,143 -13.6% 19119 Mount Airy 10,094 8,056 -2,038 -20.2% 19120 Olney, Feltonville 35,742 5,597 -30,145 -84.3% 19121 Fairmount North, Brewerytown 1,490 5,524 4,034 270.7% 19122 North Phila. – Yorktown 3,957 6,165 2,208 55.8% 19123 North Phila. – Northern Liberties 2,498 5,083 2,585 103.5% 19124 Northeast – Frankford 50,092 13,875 -36,217 -72.3% 19125 Kensington, Fishtown 21,879 16,579 -5,300 -24.2% 19126 Oak Lane 4,114 966 -3,148 -76.5% 19127 Manayunk 5,580 4,931 -649 -11.6% 19128 roxborough 34,296 30,229 -4,067 -11.9% 19129 east Falls 7,112 5,342 -1,770 -24.9% 19130 Fairmount South 13,017 15,166 2,151 16.5% 19131 Wynnefield – West Park 10,006 5,836 -4,170 -41.7% 19132 North Phila. – West 636 948 312 49.1% 19133 North Phila. – East 1,925 734 -1,191 -61.9% 19134 Port Richmond 49,755 21,747 -28,008 -56.3% 19135 Northeast – Tacony 31,134 20,046 -11,088 -35.6% 19136 Northeast – Holmesburg 33,739 25,436 -8,303 -24.6% 19137 Northeast – Bridesburg 8,230 7,656 -574 -7.0% 19138 Germantown East 1,627 1,091 -536 -32.9% 19139 West Phila. – West Market 2,759 2,039 -720 -26.1% 19140 Nicetown 5,811 1,499 -4,312 -74.2% 19141 Logan 3,926 1,588 -2,338 -59.5% 19142 SW Phila. – Elmwood 21,144 2,598 -18,546 -87.7% 19143 SW Phila. – Kingsessing 6,485 6,356 -129 -2.0% 19144 Germantown 8,843 6,721 -2,122 -24.0% 19145 South Phila. – West 31,154 20,448 -10,706 -34.4% 19146 South Phila. – Schuylkill 11,779 12,367 588 5.0% 19147 South Phila. – Bella Vista 25,186 23,804 -1,382 -5.5% 19148 South Phila. – East 42,661 30,389 -12,272 -28.8% 19149 Northeast – Mayfair, Oxford Circle 45,314 24,390 -20,924 -46.2% 19150 Cedarbrook 1,138 392 -746 -65.5% 19151 Overbrook 16,004 3,175 -12,829 -80.2% 19152 Northeast – Rhawnhurst 29,574 23,238 -6,336 -21.4% 19153 eastwick 7,221 1,701 -5,520 -76.4% 19154 Northeast Phila. – Torresdale North 36,035 28,585 -7,450 -20.7% A City Transformed 12 The Racial and Ethnic Changes in Philadelphia Over the Last 20 Years

Appendix Table 2 Changes in the African-American percentage of Philadelphia’s Population by Zip Code, 1990–2010

1990 2010 Change in Zip Black Total Percent- Black Total Percent- Percentage Code Neighborhood Population Population age Black Population Population age Black Points

19102 Center City – West 230 3,626 6.3% 272 4,870 5.6% -0.8 19103 Center City – West 1,328 17,665 7.5% 1,482 22,333 6.6% -0.9 19104 West Phila. – University City 27,847 51,295 54.3% 20,799 50,977 40.8% -13.5 19106 Center City – Society Hill 440 7,045 6.3% 477 10,569 4.5% -1.7 19107 Center City – Washington Square 1,147 9,632 11.9% 2,423 16,483 14.7% 2.8 19111 Northeast – Fox Chase 343 56,413 0.6% 12,794 63,028 20.3% 19.7 19114 Northeast – Torresdale South 774 31,198 2.5% 2,729 30,619 8.9% 6.4 19115 Northeast – Bustleton South 354 31,340 1.1% 1,976 33,491 5.9% 4.8 19116 Northeast – Bustleton North, Somerton 557 32,898 1.7% 1,871 33,127 5.6% 4.0 19118 Chestnut Hill 1,107 9,817 11.3% 1,580 9,743 16.2% 4.9 19119 Mount Airy 18,939 29,938 63.3% 16,889 27,097 62.3% -0.9 19120 Olney, Feltonville 9,786 63,226 15.5% 33,209 68,369 48.6% 33.1 19121 Fairmount North, Brewerytown 44,294 46,700 94.8% 28,683 37,004 77.5% -17.3 19122 North Phila. – Yorktown 9,626 21,180 45.4% 8,190 21,505 38.1% -7.4 19123 North Phila. – Northern Liberties 8,448 12,269 68.9% 5,511 12,890 42.8% -26.1 19124 Northeast – Frankford 5,204 60,009 8.7% 26,230 66,932 39.2% 30.5 19125 Kensington, Fishtown 357 24,520 1.5% 1,174 22,996 5.1% 3.6 19126 Oak Lane 12,205 17,332 70.4% 13,218 15,750 83.9% 13.5 19127 Manayunk 343 6,026 5.7% 269 5,554 4.8% -0.9 19128 roxborough 1,277 36,572 3.5% 2,492 35,556 7.0% 3.5 19129 east Falls 5,913 13,434 44.0% 3,898 10,106 38.6% -5.4 19130 Fairmount South 6,088 21,547 28.3% 5,737 24,178 23.7% -4.5 19131 Wynnefield – West Park 36,976 48,168 76.8% 33,893 43,079 78.7% 1.9 19132 North Phila. – West 47,680 49,006 97.3% 33,963 36,776 92.4% -4.9 19133 North Phila. – East 12,563 32,608 38.5% 9,258 26,182 35.4% -3.2 19134 Port Richmond 978 58,605 1.7% 10,187 60,760 16.8% 15.1 19135 Northeast – Tacony 380 32,185 1.2% 5,653 32,778 17.2% 16.1 19136 Northeast – Holmesburg 5,184 40,679 12.7% 9,190 40,992 22.4% 9.7 19137 Northeast – Bridesburg 17 8,395 0.2% 270 8,692 3.1% 2.9 19138 Germantown East 35,197 37,457 94.0% 29,145 31,767 91.7% -2.2 19139 West Phila. – West Market 44,073 48,466 90.9% 37,235 41,882 88.9% -2.0 19140 Nicetown 36,934 62,870 58.7% 29,655 53,544 55.4% -3.4 19141 Logan 31,329 38,539 81.3% 26,798 31,666 84.6% 3.3 19142 SW Phila. – Elmwood 6,586 29,167 22.6% 22,518 29,374 76.7% 54.1 19143 SW Phila. – Kingsessing 71,694 80,461 89.1% 54,390 65,338 83.2% -5.9 19144 Germantown 36,403 46,614 78.1% 34,079 44,168 77.2% -0.9 19145 South Phila. – West 18,662 52,536 35.5% 17,577 46,629 37.7% 2.2 19146 South Phila. – Schuylkill 25,257 38,869 65.0% 17,965 35,319 50.9% -14.1 19147 South Phila. – Bella Vista 6,710 34,638 19.4% 4,039 36,380 11.1% -8.3 19148 South Phila. – East 3,216 49,680 6.5% 3,771 49,692 7.6% 1.1 19149 Northeast – Mayfair, Oxford Circle 148 47,537 0.3% 12,013 54,997 21.8% 21.5 19150 Cedarbrook 26,038 27,607 94.3% 21,741 23,138 94.0% -0.4 19151 Overbrook 13,386 30,667 43.6% 24,656 29,823 82.7% 39.0 19152 Northeast – Rhawnhurst 278 31,225 0.9% 2,744 32,966 8.3% 7.4 19153 eastwick 5,664 13,378 42.3% 9,408 12,364 76.1% 33.8 19154 Northeast Phila. – Torresdale North 800 38,023 2.1% 2,212 34,452 6.4% 4.3 A City Transformed 13 The Racial and Ethnic Changes in Philadelphia Over the Last 20 Years

Appendix Table 3 Changes in Philadelphia’s Hispanic Population by Zip Code, 1990-2010

Zip Neighborhood 1990 2010 Population Percent Code Hispanic Population Hispanic Population Change Change

19102 Center City – West 82 222 140 170.7% 19103 Center City – West 402 990 588 146.1% 19104 West Phila. – University City 1,104 2,029 925 83.7% 19106 Center City – Society Hill 136 372 236 173.2% 19107 Center City – Washington Square 350 973 623 177.8% 19111 Northeast – Fox Chase 932 8,481 7,548 810.1% 19114 Northeast – Torresdale South 459 1,667 1,208 263.2% 19115 Northeast – Bustleton South 442 1,766 1,324 299.6% 19116 Northeast – Bustleton North, Somerton 577 1,561 983 170.4% 19118 Chestnut Hill 149 324 175 118.0% 19119 Mount Airy 420 904 484 115.2% 19120 Olney, Feltonville 9,996 19,225 9,229 92.3% 19121 Fairmount North, Brewerytown 606 1,204 598 98.5% 19122 North Phila. – Yorktown 7,069 5,981 -1,088 -15.4% 19123 North Phila. – Northern Liberties 1,124 1,205 81 7.2% 19124 Northeast – Frankford 3,127 22,083 18,956 606.2% 19125 Kensington, Fishtown 1,468 3,579 2,111 143.8% 19126 Oak Lane 397 636 239 60.2% 19127 Manayunk 53 146 93 174.6% 19128 roxborough 409 1,090 681 166.4% 19129 east Falls 177 341 164 92.8% 19130 Fairmount South 2,059 1,476 -583 -28.3% 19131 Wynnefield – West Park 526 1,016 490 93.0% 19132 North Phila. – West 396 1,030 634 160.3% 19133 North Phila. – East 17,637 15,599 -2,038 -11.6% 19134 Port Richmond 7,112 26,807 19,695 276.9% 19135 Northeast – Tacony 373 5,301 4,928 1320.5% 19136 Northeast – Holmesburg 1,272 4,449 3,177 249.7% 19137 Northeast – Bridesburg 74 576 502 674.5% 19138 Germantown East 393 689 296 75.3% 19139 West Phila. – West Market 511 1,005 494 96.5% 19140 Nicetown 18,706 20,736 2,030 10.9% 19141 Logan 1,557 1,500 -57 -3.6% 19142 SW Phila. – Elmwood 271 942 671 247.9% 19143 SW Phila. – Kingsessing 738 1,675 937 126.9% 19144 Germantown 805 1,440 635 78.8% 19145 South Phila. – West 831 1,960 1,129 135.8% 19146 South Phila. – Schuylkill 543 1,638 1,095 201.5% 19147 South Phila. – Bella Vista 1,152 3,691 2,539 220.4% 19148 South Phila. – East 1,336 5,573 4,237 317.1% 19149 Northeast – Mayfair, Oxford Circle 955 9,303 8,348 874.2% 19150 Cedarbrook 244 424 180 73.7% 19151 Overbrook 449 820 371 82.7% 19152 Northeast – Rhawnhurst 589 2,793 2,204 374.0% 19153 eastwick 188 342 154 81.7% 19154 Northeast Phila. – Torresdale North 672 2,042 1,370 203.9% A City Transformed 14 The Racial and Ethnic Changes in Philadelphia Over the Last 20 Years

Appendix Table 4 Changes in Philadelphia’s Asian Population by Zip Code, 1990-2010

Zip Neighborhood 1990 2010 Population Percent Code Asian Population Asian Population Change Change

19102 Center City – West 117 536 419 357.4% 19103 Center City – West 601 2,733 2,132 354.8% 19104 West Phila. – University City 4,073 8,325 4,252 104.4% 19106 Center City – Society Hill 150 653 503 334.3% 19107 Center City – Washington Square 1,690 3,774 2,082 123.2% 19111 Northeast – Fox Chase 905 5,809 4,904 542.1% 19114 Northeast – Torresdale South 617 1,175 558 90.4% 19115 Northeast – Bustleton South 1,367 4,090 2,723 199.2% 19116 Northeast – Bustleton North, Somerton 1,223 3,675 2,452 200.5% 19118 Chestnut Hill 128 315 187 145.5% 19119 Mount Airy 277 320 43 15.5% 19120 Olney, Feltonville 7,318 8,850 1,532 20.9% 19121 Fairmount North, Brewerytown 189 785 596 315.0% 19122 North Phila. – Yorktown 424 679 255 60.2% 19123 North Phila. – Northern Liberties 138 762 624 453.0% 19124 Northeast – Frankford 1,458 3,112 1,654 113.4% 19125 Kensington, Fishtown 762 1,170 408 53.5% 19126 Oak Lane 543 530 -13 -2.4% 19127 Manayunk 34 106 72 213.8% 19128 roxborough 504 1,073 569 112.8% 19129 east Falls 201 307 106 52.8% 19130 Fairmount South 294 1,252 958 325.6% 19131 Wynnefield – West Park 486 1,190 704 144.9% 19132 North Phila. – West 172 197 25 14.8% 19133 North Phila. – East 359 341 -18 -5.1% 19134 Port Richmond 600 1,080 480 79.9% 19135 Northeast – Tacony 246 825 579 235.6% 19136 Northeast – Holmesburg 409 1,158 749 183.2% 19137 Northeast – Bridesburg 29 45 16 55.0% 19138 Germantown East 107 180 73 68.4% 19139 West Phila. – West Market 932 586 -346 -37.1% 19140 Nicetown 1,202 842 -360 -30.0% 19141 Logan 1,589 1,015 -574 -36.1% 19142 SW Phila. – Elmwood 1,090 2,623 1,533 140.6% 19143 SW Phila. – Kingsessing 1,251 1,275 24 1.9% 19144 Germantown 305 668 363 119.1% 19145 South Phila. – West 1,794 5,714 3,920 218.5% 19146 South Phila. – Schuylkill 1,171 2,362 1,191 101.7% 19147 South Phila. – Bella Vista 1,516 3,984 2,468 162.7% 19148 South Phila. – East 2,373 8,954 6,581 277.4% 19149 Northeast – Mayfair, Oxford Circle 1,070 7,453 6,383 596.3% 19150 Cedarbrook 87 70 -17 -19.8% 19151 Overbrook 691 464 -227 -32.9% 19152 Northeast – Rhawnhurst 752 3,283 2,531 336.7% 19153 eastwick 268 597 329 123.1% 19154 Northeast Phila. – Torresdale North 473 1,033 560 118.3% A City Transformed 15 The Racial and Ethnic Changes in Philadelphia Over the Last 20 Years

About the report

To conduct this analysis, the Philadelphia Research Initiative asked the Metropolitan Philadelphia Indicators Project (MPIP) at Temple University to compile the 1990 and 2010 Census data for Philadelphia by zip code. The 1990 data was allocated from Census tract to zip code using geographic correspondence tables developed by the Missouri Census Data Center. For the 2010 Census data, MPIP had to make methodological assumptions about where to place several thousand Philadelphia residents about whom insufficient information was available. For that reason, the 2010 totals listed here will differ slightly from the zip code numbers to be released by the Census Bureau later this year. The Census did not provide official zip code totals in 1990.

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